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The Boss OD-3 OverDrive Pedal gives you one of the most versatile overdrives on the planet. Features classic 3-knob configuration with level, drive, and tone controls that let you dial in everything from sweet bluesy sounds to screaming monkeys, and more. The OD-3 Overdrive is backed by a 5-year warranty from Boss.

I've been playing guitar professionally for over 25 years and I've always been on a quest to find the right overdrive pedal. I've tried every version of the green thing and always came out...Read complete review

I've been playing guitar professionally for over 25 years and I've always been on a quest to find the right overdrive pedal. I've tried every version of the green thing and always came out unimpressed. Even the other Boss Overdrives didn't fill me. I was almost giving up. I'm not really a distortion guy but I like an overdrive to have lots of gain to where it's almost distortion but stays within the boundaries of overdrive. I play Fender Strats through Fender Tube amps running them loud but clean and I like to get my overdrive sounds from pedals as opposed to pushing preamp or power amp tubes. This pedal has great body and thickness to fatten up a single coil and enough drive to saturate my tone. I fell in love with it. And, best of all, it has a tone of its own. Unlike many other companies who simply imitate and build upon the circuit of the green thing. I swear to you, I tried over 35 different overdrive pedal of various prices and I found that most of them were just imitations of the green thing. This one surprised me. It is different in every way. It's worth it. Cool!Simple and easy to use. Almost any setting is usable. Extremely durable and tough just like any other Boss pedal. Great sound, well built and simple.Boss makes some of the best quality pedals out there. Period!Well, don't we all want everything cheaper anyways?

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For the price and sound, this Boss pedal ranks in the top 2 or 3 of all OD/distortion pedals. Of utmost importance for the player, it doesn't steal your guitar's natural sound,...Read complete review

For the price and sound, this Boss pedal ranks in the top 2 or 3 of all OD/distortion pedals. Of utmost importance for the player, it doesn't steal your guitar's natural sound, only enhances it with smooth, natural gain. When you compare this feature to all of the overpriced crap on the market - some selling for upwards of $300+ (!?!?!?!), with all sorts of silly dials and switches - this particular Boss pedal is in a class by itself. It's even better than the BD-2 (Blues Driver-2), which is a decent pedal in its own right. Every serious electric guitarist knows that your $'s should go into your guitar(s), then your amp(s), and lastly, your "effects". Do yourself a favor - save your HARD-EARNED $'s and steer clear of "boutique" this and "boutique" that, and invest in what matters; then, if you NEED quality overdrive, buy the OD-3, and move on with great music!

You can't go wrong with this pedal. The circuit is based on a tube screamer so it's got that mid-hump goodness that we all love. Great with single coils and buckers. At max gain it's an overdrive not a distortion sound. This means that the wave form isn't that hard clipping sound you get from say a DS1 or a Suhr Riot. It's a smooth clipping like a screamer. At full gain it will get you closer to hard rock then a screamer. More gain on tap. And it doesn't get buzzy or fizzy all the way up either which is nice. You can use it for a low gain boost or an overdrive. With the level turned up it will push the front end of the amp. I like it. It's been on my board for a long time. Other pedals come and go but I always come back to this little yellow box. It's also buffered which is not a bad thing. With multiple pedals and a long lead you need a buffer. Great box. Well worth the price. Buy it.

This pedal is just what I needed. I had the tube screamer for a while but it was too harsh for my taste and didn't complement my distortion and fuzz pedals well at all. Never really found a good use for it. This is way better. It even sounds great on its own. By itself it sounds like a mix between a crunch channel on a Marshall and a dirty Fender amp. I play through a Mesa tube amp and it goes great with it. It sounds fat and is not tinny or thin. I use it on its own for just some mild or medium crunch or use it with my distortion to boost the gain. It is very transparent and it does not produce hardly any hum. I seriously don't get spending a ton of money on another overdrive pedal when you can get this...

let me put it this way,I've had this for over 8 yrs now and I've gone through tons of overdrive/distortion causing 2x or 3x the price before I found this by accident. Or it was meant to be! this is by far the most versatile OD/DS that I've ever use and its very sensitive to different pick ups and has that EL84 spongy feel.

This pedal can do metal,hard rock,blues rock depending on how hot the bridge pick ups are going to be and how its set-up of course. Anyways just get it and don't mod it! leave it stock. I have two of these and one of them was modded with monteallums mod, well it turn out that it sounds better stock! How do I know that,because in a Live situation with a loud keyboard player and a 5 string bass player with two 410 cabs bumping out,the stock Boss OD-3 remains transparent as well as warm and chunky when needs to be.

Eventually I'm gonna sell the modded one and buy another one that's stock just cause I love this pedal......

This pedal works really well with boosting a tube amp. It really keeps your tone as is. I generally keep it around 12-1 o'clock on the level, and the drive at zero (tone 12 o'clock). This setting is just enought to give you that added sensitivity you might be missing. With a clean sound this setting will give you a slight break up when strumming hard. With an overdriven amp picking attacks become clearer and more sensitive. The pedal adds sustain and gives the amp more forward punch in the mix. Pushing the level to around 3pm will get your overdriven amp into shred territory.

If you like the sound of your amp already but need a little extra gain, this pedal will work great as a booster.

The Boss OD-3 Overdrive sounds great through my '65 Fender Blackface Deluxe Reverb Re-Issue Ltd. Edition Wine Red with Wheat Grill Cloth. My amplifier has the Jensen P-12Q speaker as opposed to the Jensen C-12K speaker that comes in the stock '65 Fender Deluxe Reverb Re-Issues. My amplifier sounds awesome but does not have a gain or drive channel, so the Boss OD-3 Overdrive gives me a gain/drive channel. It sounds perfect with the reverb turned on to 4. I think this is the sound the Mad Professor #1 Guitar Pedal tries to emulate. Anyway, I experimented with an Ibanez Jet Driver, Pro Co RAT 2, Xotic BB Pre-Amp, Boss DS-1 Distortion, and Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive finally achieving a great tone with the Boss OD-3 Overdrive. I play Gibson Guitars with humbucking pickups (3 Les Pauls & 3 SG's)and can honestly say this pedal is the sound of "classic rock" to my ears. I have been playing guitar for over 34 years. I own a 1979 Marshall JMP 100 watt 2203 single channel head, a Marshall 4x12 slant cabinet, and a Marshall 4x12 straight cabinet which I don't really use that much anymore. The Boss OD-3 Overdrive through my '65 Fender Deluxe Reverb Re-Issue reminds me of the tone of my Marshall stack cranked up. Not the same, but similar enough that I am very happy with my tone.

I have been playing guitar for 35 years and I have tried almost every overdrive pedal on the market. I read in Guitar Player Magazine that Billy Duffy from "The Cult" used his boutique pedals at home, in the studio, and while touring around England but used Boss pedals when traveling to other countries because customs would often take apart his pedalboards and sometimes his pedals too. So I thought I would try using the Boss SD-1, which also sounds good, but the Boss OD-3 has bottom end that was missing from the Boss SD-1. I place it in front of my Blackface Fender Deluxe Reverb which is clean by nature and the Boss OD-3 gives me great sounding overdrive with the bottom end I was missing with the Boss SD-1. Both pedals sound great but the Boss OD-3 has way more bottom end. Both pedals are very silent too plus they come with a 5 year warranty. They are well built and tried and true.